Dust storm on Mars now covers entire planet

NASA's Curiosity Rover is living its best life through a massive dust storm on Mars, while Opportunity has been forced to hunker down. An artist's conception of a Martian dust storm, which might also crackle with electricity. A giant dust storm has enveloped the entire planet of Mars, with dust clouds reaching up to 40 miles high, NASA announced Wednesday. The dust storm has silenced NASA's solar-powered rover Opportunity since last week, by obscuring the sun. The robot rover has gone to sleep because its solar panels are unable to provide or recharge its batteries.